Cooling-bed for metal bars or rods.



PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

M.,A. NEELAND. COOLING BED FOR METAL BARS 0R RODS.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

time frames,

Patented November 24, 1903.

MARVIN A. NEELAND, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MORGAN CONSTRUCTIONCOMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- PORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COOLING-BED FOR METAL BARS OR RODS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,874, dated November24, 1.903.

Application filed July 6,1901 Serial No. 67,270. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN A. NEELAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooling-Beds for MetalBars or Rods, of which thefollowing is aspecification, accompaniedbydrawings, forming a part of the same, in which- Figure 1 represents aplan view of a cooling-bed for metal bars embodying myinvention. Fig. 2is a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview online 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow (1; and Fig. 4is a sectional View on line 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow b.

Similar reference letters and figures refer to similar parts in thedifierent views.

My invention relates to an apparatus for taking care of the products ofa rolling-mill and comprising the following instrumentalities: first,means for severing the rod or bar delivered from the rolling-mill intodesired lengths; second, means for straightening the separate lengths asthey are severed from the continuous rod or bar and assembling thesevered lengths into a group; third, means for moving the assembledgroups longitudinally into alinement with any one of theseveral sectionsof a cooling-bed, and, fourth, means for moving. the groups by asidewise movement upon thecooling-bed; and my invention consists in thecombination of these instrumentalities in a single operating mechanismand in the novel details of construc- 1 tion and arrangements of parts,as hereinafter described, and set forth in the annexed claims. 4

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

A denotes the finishing-rolls of a rolling-mill from whieh'a continuousrod or bar is delivered.

B denotes a shear of any known form of construction by which thecontinuous rod or bar is severed into desired lengths.

C denotes a conveyor, by which the severed rods or bars are moved awayfrom the shear B, said can veyer consisting of a series ofpositively-driven rolls 0', operatively connected with a driving-shaft Cby which the rolls are rotated to move the severed rods in the directionof the arrow c upon an assembling table C consisting of a series ofconveyerrolls C", which are placed with their axes at sidewise movementof the rods in the direc tion of the arrow 6 is limited by a series ofside rolls E, turning loosely upon. vertical studs, with the inner sidesof the peripheries of the rolls E arranged in a straight line, so thatthe first rod moving over the assemblingtable will be carried againstthe side rolls E, and as the rod is in a heated state when deliveredfrom the rolling-mill the movement of the rod against the peripheries ofthe roll causes the rod to be straightened and to be brought into theposition 1 in contact with the rolls E and with its forward end incontact withthe stop-plate D. The second rod delivered to theassembling-table will likewise be moved endwise and sidewise by therolls 0 into the position 2, lying against the side of the rod 1 andwith its forward end in contact with the stop-plate D. The individualrods, as\ they are severed from the continuous rod will be assembled ina group upon the assembling table, as represented in Fig. 1. When asnfficieht'number of rods have been assembled, the stop-plate D islowered below the plane of the rolls C, thereby releasing the group ofrods on the assembling-table and allowing them to be moved endwise overa series of conveyor-rolls F against a stppplate G and opposite theparallel supporting bars or skids H, forming the first section of thecooling-bed, upon which the group of rods can be moved by a sidewisemotion by means ofthe pusher-bar I, carried by a pair ofposttively-driven chains 1 I. The stop-plate G, however, can be lowered,if desired, below the plane of the conveyer-rolls F, thereby lotallowing the group of rods to be carried fo'r- I ward over theconveyor-rolls J against a-stopplate K and opposite the skids L, whichform thesecond section of the. cooling-bed, upon which the group of rodscan be moved by a sidewisemovement by a pusher-bar M, car'- ried upon apair of moving chains ,N N, each group being distributed on the skids ofthe cooling-bed, as represented at 3 and 4, Fig.

from which the groups maybe removed into a car or'truck or lifted byail-overhead crane. I I'have shown in the plan view of Fig. 1 thecooling-bed as comprising two sections; but the number of sections maybe increased as desired.

. which they are raised and lowered.

I 3 Between each of theside rolls'E are guideplates 0, substantiallyfilling the space between the rolls and placed slightly oblique to theline connecting their axes. The guideplatesO serve't'o prevent theadvancing end: of a rod from passing between the rolls E and to conductit over the periphery of the rolls.

valve mechanism, and the stop-plates aremounted upon the piston-rods Rof the hydraulic cylinders, as represented in -Fig. 4.

, In like manner the shear B is operated in the usual andwell-knownmanner by a hydraulic cylinder S.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'- 1. In a cooling-bed for metal bars, or rods,

the combination of the following instrumen- Z talities; means forsevering the bar into defleral lengths into groups of parallel bars,-

sired lengths, means for assembling the sevmeans for moving the bars ina group simultaneously by an endwise movement, means for checking theendwise movement of a group at a desired point, and means for moving thebars imthe group by a sidewise movement, substantially as described;

- 2. In the assembling mechanism of a cooling-bed for metal bars,the-combination of means for severing a rod, or bar, into lengthsas itis delivered from the rolling-mill, and means forstraightening-andassembling the severed lengths into groups consisting of a series ofrotating rolls in the same horizontal plane, with their axes placed atan oblique an;

gle to the line of motion of the rod as it is delivered from therolling-mill, whereby an endwise and a sidewise movement are imparted tothe severed rod, a series of rolls in alinement with each other andplaced in the path of the rod to limit its sidewise movement, and a stopby which the endwise movementof the rod is checked, substantially asdescribed.

3. In the assembling mechanism of a coollug-bed for metal, bars, thecombination of means formoving the individual barsend- 'wise, means formoving the individual bars sidewise, means for checking thesidewisemovement of the individual bars, a stop by which -:the endwise movementof each indiyidu'al bar is checked, whereby the bars are asvidual bars,a stop for checking the endwise movement of the individual bars, wherebysaid bars are assembled in a group of parallel bars, means forremoving-said endwise stop from the path of the assembled in bars to.permit their endwise movement upon a series of conveyor-rolls, a seriesof conveyor-rolls, a stop for checking the endwise movement of the groupof assembled bars on said rolls in alinement with said cooling bed,substantially as described.

5. The combination of a series of rotating rolls, a common driving-shaftby which said rolls are rotated, said'rolls having their axes placed atan oblique angle to said drivingshaft, said rolls with their axes atright-angles"to the'pla'ne of said driven rolls, guideplates betweensaid side rolls, amovable stopplate, and means for periodicallyoperating said stop-plate, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a series of rotating rolls, forming anassembling-table, with their axes at an oblique angle to the endwisemovement of the bars on said table,whereby asidewise movement isimparted to each bar, stops for limiting said sidewisemoveme'nt, astopplate for limiting said endwise movement,

whereby the bars are assembled in a group,

and means for periodicallyoperating said stop-plate, substantially asdescribed.

7. In the assembling mechanism of a cooling-bed, the combination of acutting mechanism for severing a bar as it is delivered from therolling-mill, a conveyor for the bars as they are severed by-the cuttingmechanism, said conveyer comprising a series of rolls arranged to imparta simultaneous endwise and sidewise movement to the bars supportedthereon, means for rotating said rolls, means for checking thesidewisemovement of the bars, a stop interposed in the path of the barsfor checking their longitudinal movement, and means for periodiballyremoving said stop to permit the simultaneous endwise movement of theassembled bars, substantially as described.

'Dated this 27th day of June, 1901. MARVIN A. NEELAND.

Witnesses:

PAUL J onus,

'- CAMERON CAMP.

